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G. JAGENBURG.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 390,862. Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

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'ilNrTEn STATES PATENT @Ei-TCEO GUSTAV JAGENBURG, OF RYDBOHOLM, S'WEDEN.

WASHlNGMAC-HINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,852, dated @etober 9, 1888.

Application tiled October 20, 1887. Serial No. 252,880. (No model.) Patented in Sweden November 23, 1886, No. 827; in England November 30, 1886,No.15,665l; in Norway March 23, 1887, No. 311 in Italy April 1(,1SS7,No. 21.380; iu France September 23, 1887, No. 186.028, and in Belgium March 31, 1888. No. 81,262.

To all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv J AGENBURG, a subject of the King ofSweden, residing at the city of Rydboholm, in the Kingdom ofSweden, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in lVashing-Machines for Loose Cotton and other Vegetable Fibers, (for which Letters Patent heretofore were granted to me by the governments of Belgium, dated March 3l, 1888, No. 81,2625 England, dated November 30, 1886, No. 15,669; France, dated September d.3, 1887, No. 186,028; italy, dated April16,1887, No. 21,380; Sweden, dated November 23, 1886, No. 827, and Norway, dated March 23, 1887, No. 311,) of which the following is a specilication.

Heretofore it has been customary to wash loose cotton or other like fibrous materials in tanks provided with rotating or vibrating forks or agitators, which operation caused felting ofthe fibrous material, rendering it impossible to card itproperly and spin itinto a uniform thread.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine for washing loose cotton and other like fibrous material, which machine is so constructed that the bers need not change their positions on the apparatus, and thus cannot become entangled and felted together.

The invention consists in the combination, with a perforated annular carriage mounted to rotate around a central pivot, of pressurerollers resting on said annular carriage and water distributing pipes adjacent to said rollers.

The invention also consists in the construetion and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of my improved machine for washing loose cotton and like fibrous material, parts being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same, parts being broken out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The annular perforated platform or carriage A is mounted to run on the rollers B and to turn on the central pivot, C. The carriage or platform is provided along its edge, on the under sid'e,with the circular rack E, engaging with the pinion D on one end of the shaft D', said shaft being provided on the other end with the tight and loose belt-pulleys D'l D3. Two opposite inclined arms,G, are secured on the. upper end of the central pivot, C, and in the ends of said arms, and in bearings in the upper ends of upright 'frames G at the sides of the carriages A, the inclined shafts F are mounted in such a manner that they can give upward a short distance-that is, they can move up or down a short distance in their bearings. On each shaft F a conical roller, F, is rigidly mounted in such a manner that it is above thevperforated part of the annular carriage or platform A. At one side of each roller F a perforated or slotted water-pipe, H, extends over the perforated part of the platform.

The annular platform is rotated in the direction ofthe arrow x, and the loose cotton or other material to be washed is placed upon the perforated part of the platform. The water issuing from the pipes H wet-s the said cotton, and the same is carried by the rotating platform under the rollers F and the Water pressed out, which water passes through the perforations inthe platform, and this is repeated until the cotton has been washed sufficiently.

If desired,the platform can be made straight and mounted to reciprocate instead of rotate, and the conical rollers may be replaced by cylindrical rollers.

The rollers F can at all times exert a pressure on the material on the carriage, as the said rollers can automatically adjust themselves according to the thickness of the layer of material on the platform.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-V 1. In an apparatus for washing loose cotton or like brous material, the combination of a rotary perforated carriage for receiving the material to be washed, rollers for supporting said carriage at the rim, a rack on the under side of the carriage, a pinion engaged with said rack, conical pressure-rollers above the carriage, and a perforated pipe adjacent to said rollers, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an apparatus for washing loose cotton or other fibrous material,tl1e co mbination,with an annular platform or carriage mounted to run on rollers at its rim and to turn on a oentral pivot, of inclined shafts extending across the Said annular carriage and lnounted in bearings, in which said shaft can give upward, conical rollers mounted on theinelined shafts, 

